This week would be packed...

So we're getting into prime study time for block 4 and finals, but you know how it is...there is always something going on! This week we have full ICM small groups (I went today, and weird enough but ICM is growing on me), Phi Chi initiation tonight, Thanksgiving on Thursday (even though we don't get school off a few of us are getting together to cook a feast fit for a king), and little odds and ends in between.

However, 23 days from now I will be sitting in the Chicago airport waiting to catch my connect to Minneapolis! It's been almost 8 months in the making since I took that long flight...half of it with Tubby Smith to Atlanta! On that note...Gopher basketball really stepped it up and won the Puerto Rico Tournament knocking off #8 North Carolina and a very good West Virginia team that made a run into the Final 4 last year! They must have shown something since they jumped to #17 in the poles...let's just hope they can keep it up!

Noxolo

Sunday Dinner...the last bit of sanity until December 15h

So a few of us have Sunday dinners every week and this week it was my turn to cook. I really don't cook though..hmmm. With a quick email home I figured i'd make steak kabobs with red peppers, onion, and mushrooms marinated in a teriyaki/honey sauce with cheesy potatoes, corn on the cob, rolls, and fruit pizza. It turned out way better than expected :) Compound all that amazing food with a great lunch of wings, ribs, crab cakes, chips and salsa at Jimbo's for the phi chi social and a great dinner of a 14oz filet mignon, homemade mashed potatoes, and whiskey carrots from Toppers last night...i'm stuffed! All in all...a great weekend but I got ZERO studying done since Thursday night so it's going to be another LONG week..and really a long push from here on out!

Noxolo

Where has the time gone!?

So it's been a while since my last post, whoops! But since a great friend of mine started up her blog I figured I should touch in here. Not a whole lot is new...same old story, simply a new day. School is school and I am ready to finish these last 4 weeks up strong and get back home for a little break. 3rd block ended up being my "welcome to med school" block. Life down here was no longer sunshine and happiness. School kicked my butt more than i'm used to which ends up putting a lot of tension on everything else. No worries though, all is well but I just need to stay focused to get where I want to be. These past few weeks have been busy with the school wide Talent Show, Phi Chi's Wine and Cheese party, Community Action Day and Harry Potter! It's fun to stay active but at the end of the day it all comes down to school and staying ahead of the game. We initiate the new phi chi pledges on Tuesday so hopefully that will be my last shin dig for the semester due to school. Thank goodness for great friends and family, both here and at home, I don't know how people would do this whole med school thing in a different country without all the support.

Noxolo

block week...again

I swear I blink my eyes and it's block week again! So....here we go...one more week before block 3 and there is a LOT to still do. I'm really not looking forward to all the studying that needs to happen this week but it'll all get done. Last night the halloween party at tantra was pretty good..lots of good costumes...and dinner before hand was REALLY good. One of the best steaks i've had here yet!

Back to the study!
Noxolo

another week down

it's hard to believe that we're only a few weeks away from another set of tests! This weekend is going to be packed with dinner's and shindigs, but most importantly ....STUDYING! My goal is to be all caught up before Sunday dinner...fingers crossed.

PS our Halloween costumes came in!

Noxolo

why do weekends go by so fast?

so...the week after blocks is done...which really didn't mean much since we had our biostats final on Friday anyways! I'm happy to report I am DONE with biostats (and even got all my biostats Q's right on my kaplan questions today)!...and overall block 2 went well....er....I can't complain at least. There is always room for improvement though so time to move on to 3rd block.

This weekend was a real good time and it absolutely flew by! On Friday night we had the CMSA Hockey Tournament which was a blast. Our team lost both our games, mainly because yours truly was in goal, but we still had a great time. Last night we went out to dinner for Jeff's birthday at the Boathouse and then went to see a movie. Dinner was great, the movie was....a movie...but it was good to get off campus/out of Cupecoy for the night. Finally, tonight we had a little Sunday Dinner....which essentially was a fourth of July dinner + guac!...burgers, brats, coleslaw, pasta salad, watermelon, and lemonade :) Hopefully we can continue because I loved it!

Hopefully i'll be able to catch up on studying this week so next weekend can be freed up. Time will tell.

Noxolo

oh block 2

block 2 is in the books as of yesterday...er...atleast MCB2, physio, and immuno are done! We have our biostats final on Thursday. It's 80% of our grade so no break from studying! After getting 2 of my test grades back I think block 2 can be summed up by saying I knew my material well, but I just wasn't confident in my answers. MCB focused on some pretty minute details but let's not go there. Immuno on the other hand was much harder than the first test, but still doable I thought. Goal for 3rd block....just answer the one that I know is the MOST right...ie...don't go with the safe answer choice and hope for the question to be thrown out or multiple answers to be given credit! Just have to move on though! I'm looking forward to playing some soccer tonight though, should be a good time!

Noxolo